BLM Survey – Office of the U.S. Surveyor General plat(s) detailing the specific boundaries of land

Monterey County Assessor’s Office Original Map/Plat – Plat prepared by county surveyor depicting the boundaries and subdivision of a rancho circa 1915 to 1920.

Description

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.

Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases by Ogden Hoffman, Volume I, 1862.

Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet (AKA Detail Sheet) – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.

Bancroft Diseños – Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican governments used in the U.S. District Court proceedings.

BLM Land Grant Patent – Hand-written document issued by the U.S. Government providing legal ownership of land previously granted by the Spanish or Mexican government.

BLM Land Patent Detail Sheet – Document using the BLM accession number that provides specific information regarding the patented land of a rancho.

BLM CDI Detail Sheet- Document using the CDI Doc ID that provides specific information concerning the patented land of a rancho.

BLM Survey(s) – Plat(s) prepared by the Office of the U.S. Surveyor General detailing the boundaries of the rancho.

Monterey County Assessor’s Office Original Map/Plat – Plat prepared for the Monterey County Assessor’s Office detailing the boundaries of the rancho and any subdivision made within the boundaries of the rancho.

Source

For Diseños – National Archives (or Bancroft Archives); For Expediente – National Archives; For WPA Abstract –David Hornbeck; For Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet – David Hornbeck; For Bancroft Notes – Bancroft Archives; For Bancroft Diseños – Bancroft Archives; For BLM Patents – Bureau of Land Management or Monterey County Recorder’s Office; BLM Land Patent Details – Bureau of Land Management; For BLM CDI Details – Bureau of Land Management; For BLM Surveys – Bureau of Land Management or Monterey County Recorder’s Office
For Rancho Plats - Monterey County Assessor’s Office

Format

PDF File

Language

The diseños are in Spanish with notations in English written on them. Expedientes are in Spanish. All other rancho documents are in English.

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